you need to create your own contexts... if almost all of your work is done @computer, then you might need to refine that one, for example by using @programming, @mail, @whatever is relevtn to you. It might be linked to a program you use, or to a type of activity. I use contexts like @search (for searching info), @author (for writing), @admin (for administrative taksk), ...

There are a lot of discussions on this forum about this subject, just do a search on "context" and they will emerge...

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Right now I have 138 next actions on @work office, and whilst I do use a lot of my other contexts, most of my work actions are on this one context.
So I use tags to assign energy levels (most of these are mental thinking types) - abstract, detailed, admin, project management, planning, physical. I also use icons for the time, and my app also has an importance field, which I use for priority. So I can decide what to do based on context, time, energy, priority.
Also I find if I have a day with no meetings at all or nothing scheduled on my calendar, my preference is to do work from a variety of different energy types throughout the day, helps keep me mentally fresh by changing pace and not sticking to the one type all day.

I have at times had contexts of @photoshop @internet @scrivener @quicken @grassroots

I also do put things like milk or calling friends and family on my lists. In fact I have a special computer app just for my shopping list because we only go shopping once a month and I have to be sure I get everything in that trip because the major stores are 75 miles away. YMMV however.

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I've been aggressively culling down my @Work Projects and Next Actions, so that I only have the ones I'm actively working on this week in there. All else goes into Someday/Maybe. That way, I'm not overwhelmed with Projects.

Focusing on only, say, 10 active Projects has helped me to get them done. If something comes up on another Project, it's still recorded in Someday/Maybe for reference.

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I only have the ones I'm actively working on this week in there. All else goes into Someday/Maybe.

This goes against the standard ruleset of GTD and that makes it an unelegant solution. I can't bring myself to follow your path based on that philosophical issue. From the discussions here years ago you may remember that I am not the only one. However, other than that I still remember your video and the details of your system and think that yours is one of the coolest GTD systems ever. Specially the twist with highlighting in 2 different colors and what it means to you has earned my admiration.

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Personally, I will use more than one context only for @computer/@work and @phone/@work. Since I'm using RTM, this allows me to keep all my work related things together, my phone things together, and my computer items together. This way, I can go through my action lists several different ways and still see the item needs done. The combinations I use above could be done both at work and home, but still lets me see all my work related actions in one list. Not something I do all the time, but helpful when necessary.